Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation
General ticker "CTSH" information:
- Sector: Information Technology
- Industry: Information Technology Services
- Capitalization: $31.2B (TTM average)
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation does not follow the US Stock Market performance with the rate: -23.0%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 3.8%: low 59.02$, high 63.66$
Factors to consider:
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company included in NASDAQ-100 index
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-08-18, amount 0.33$ (Y2.09%)
- Total employees count: 351600 (+4.4%) as of 2025
- North America accounted for 74.5% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31
- Top business risk factors: Client spending reduction, Payment delays/default, Market competition, Labor/talent shortage/retention, Cybersecurity threats
- Current price 10.8% below estimated low
- Earnings for 6 months up through Q2 exceed our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2025-12-31 to 2027-12-31
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [70.92$, 93.56$]
- 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [76.84$, 100.43$]
Financial Metrics affecting the CTSH estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 16.1 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Positive: 15.80 < Operating profit margin, % of 16.06
- Positive: 6.77 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 7.07
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of 0.66 <= 1.15
- Positive: 69.38 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 72.56 <= 81.92
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of -0.09 <= 0
- Negative: Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 0.99 <= 3.66
- Positive: 7.19 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 9.69
- Positive: -1.23 < Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -0.56
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Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $19,353.00MM | $19,736.00MM | $21,108.00MM |
| Operating Expenses | $16,664.00MM | $16,844.00MM | $17,719.00MM |
| Operating Income | $2,689.00MM | $2,892.00MM | $3,389.00MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $98.00MM | $46.00MM | $90.00MM |
| Interest Expense | $41.00MM | $54.00MM | $37.00MM |
| Income(Loss) | $2,787.00MM | $2,938.00MM | $3,479.00MM |
| Taxes | $668.00MM | $713.00MM | $1,258.00MM |
| Other Income(Loss) | $7.00MM | $15.00MM | $9.00MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $2,126.00MM | $2,240.00MM | $2,230.00MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $13,227.00MM | $14,408.00MM | $15,015.00MM |
| Assets | $18,483.00MM | $19,966.00MM | $20,692.00MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $2,330.00MM | $2,124.00MM | $2,883.00MM |
| Capital expenditure | $317.00MM | $297.00MM | $288.00MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-331.00MM | $-1,646.00MM | $-230.00MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-1,609.00MM | $-915.00MM | $-2,272.00MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $4.21 | $4.52 | $4.64 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.